Ch 6: The Rescue - part 2

'This body…it is not mind. Did I get reincarnated into someone else's body when I died? Fuck! When did that happen? If so, how long has it been since I was last seen on Earth? And what about the Seeds I was looking after?'

Camelia's mind suddenly had a lot of questions. She wanted to have them answered, but her legs gave up as soon as she tried to stand up.

Exhaustion was finally catching up now that all the adrenaline from her blood had evaporated.

She felt drained all of a sudden, and her body collapsed. Thankfully, she was caught at the last second by Zayne look-alike, but now she even doubted if he was related to Zayne.

With the possibility of time being added into the mix, it was impossible to tell what happened to Camelia and the world.

"Hey, what date and time is it? What century! Where are we? What about the king a-and High Priest Zayne!"

Camelia sounded like someone who had lost her mind, even to herself. But before her desire to know more, it all felt insignificant.

The Zayne look-alike looked taken back before he blinked and finally spoke.

"It is the 22nd century. As for where we are, it is one of the C-class dungeons of the Hunting Queen, the ex-dungeon, anyway. We have not had kinds for a few centuries now. As for High Priest Zayne…can you be talking about the Legendary Ranker from ancient times?

Not much is known about him, but from what the records show and what our top rankers say, he was someone who disappeared around four centuries ago…are you alright?"

The surge of information felt like it was too much. Camelia felt her headache as she heard this man speak.

'My body feels weird since I suddenly reincarnated into a female, and now this…has this much time passed? Then what about the kids…Did Zayne keep his promise…'

Camelia had questions, but unfortunately, the answer she sought was never found.

"Anyway, we should get out of here for now. Now that the boss monster has been cleared, the dungeon will collapse. It will be nice if we can get to safety…"

"Help us out! Did you all leave or something…Hello! I will report you to the authorities if you don't help us."

The priest yelled loudly from below, and Camelia felt a little shocked that she had forgotten all about these people.

Zayne's look-alike rubbed his forehead, and he quickly threw the rope he had been carrying down.

"You all should grab it, and I will pull you up. Don't worry! I am a physical-type ranker, so I can pull you up-"

The priest and the warrior grabbed the rope, and Zayne look-alike pulled them up in one swoop.

"Finally! We are saved! I was so sure that we would die down there. H-Hey, if you will help us, then do so from the start. Don't wait that long…you are…."

The priest looked at a loss for words as soon as his eyes met the look-alike. The warrior looked just as spooked as him.

"Y-You are the L-Ranker, Zayne Trusdale. Oh my! What an honor. Forget about whatever happened before. I am your biggest fan. What brings you here? Can I get your autograph or a photo?"

The priest changed his tone as soon as he saw Zayne look alike. But the one who felt shocked the most was Camelia.

'So, this man is even named Zayne? They look similar, and their name is also the same. Ugh, what a headache.'

Camelia looked at the male before her. His image overlapped with that of the friend Camelia had known before. It seemed too similar for her to keep looking, and she quickly looked away with a suspicious look on her face.

"I am honored to meet you all as well, but we should get out of here first before we get into trouble. As far as I can tell, this place is unsafe for us. Since the boss has already been killed, the dungeon has collapsed.

If we do not leave now, we will be buried along with the dungeon."

Zayne proposed, and his voice snapped everyone out of their daze.

Camelia felt her arm being grabbed, and she looked up into a pair of familiar eyes.

"Don't worry! I will keep you safe. After all, you are my fiancé, and this is my task. Tell me about it if anyone gives you a hard time outside, and I will deal with them."

Zayne promised, and Camelia was about to respond when she was beaten to it by the priest.

"Y-Y-You are Zayne Trusdale's fiancé? When did this happen? There was no news about it, and no one said anything…"

"You should not poke your nose into other's business, priest. Maybe Ranker Zayne did not want to publicize this life to the outside world. It would be unfair if we go out and babble his secret like this, right?"

The warrior looked shocked, but he quickly gathered his wits and spoke in defense of Zayne and Camelia.

The ground began to shake before the priest could react, and the group had to run toward the exit.

For the first time in her life, Camelia felt her lungs burn. She usually used magic, so she was not used to running. It made her feel clumsy and almost trip a few times.

Thankfully, Zayne was there to catch her before she tripped. In that sense, he felt a lot like her Zayne from before.

"I can see it…the exit. There it is! Since today was an inspection day, only a handful of people were inside. We will be able to make it out in no time."

The priest yelled, exposing his dishonest intentions and feeling glad to finally get out.

But as they neared the dungeon's exit, they faced another problem—the exit seemed to shrink as time passed. If this continued, they would be stuck inside until someone reopened the dungeon entrance.